episode_0054

‘ah. Time really doesn’t pass.’

Should I skip class?

Anyway, it’s the first class of the year, so isn’t that okay?

I stared through the window and the back of my neck felt stiff.

‘You’ve probably lost interest in me by now, right?’

After an appropriate amount of time passed, I glanced sideways.

‘W-what?!’

I was surprised.

Since when?

I turned my head and made eye contact with Ian, who was looking at me intently.

The eyes were so passionate that I, a snowball fight expert, inadvertently avoided them.

‘what?’

Even though Ian has the Casanova temperament of not stopping women from coming, he seems to have been quite popular since he was a single-minded male lead after meeting Yuri… Why are you looking at me and not Yuri?

‘You guys are about to be dripping with honey. Why is a couple who needs to stir-fry sesame seeds doing this?’

It will be taken away by Esteban anyway, but now it will be Ian’s turn… ?

There was also something strange about Yuri’s eyes. Instead of being an innocent female protagonist, she seems to be jealous.

‘No way… probably not.’

I shook my head and glanced at the professor in front of the podium.

The current class is [Basics of Theology]

To put it simply, he was giving an explanation like a religious person.

The reason I took this class was to learn more about the heroine who would later be called a saint. As a bonus, the class time was reasonable.

This is absolutely not possible.

‘I’m sleepy…’

I was turning the fan while resting my chin, then I put down the pen and rubbed the area around my eyes.

Slowly, the letters in the book shake. The teacher’s voice was low-pitched, so it sounded like a lullaby, and the place where I was sitting was well lit and perfect for taking a nap.

“If you say she is a saint, it means lovingkindness…”

My memory ended there.

A dark place.

Mary, who had become an adult, was now standing with an appearance so haggard that it was unimaginable.

Around you, you see a huge magic circle soaked in blood and drawn in red blood.

‘Marian… my sister. Now we can meet again.’

bang. Boom boom boom boom.

A sound like something exploding is constantly heard outside.

‘Persistent things…’

Maria made a surprisingly venomous expression.

Cough.

Maria coughing up red blood.

That moment.

The dark space was torn open and someone wearing a black robe appeared.

‘who is this! Please, please don’t disturb me!’

‘I didn’t come to disturb you.’

Maria screams as if she were a real witch, and a woman talks to her as if to soothe her.

The robe was rolled back.

Could it be… Cecilia…?

The reason I said no was because Cecilia was also so haggard that it was hard to recognize her.

Her silky platinum hair was matted, and her skin was not only white, but even had pale blue veins showing through.

‘You… you…’

Maria stepped back as if she recognized Cecilia.

‘There’s no need to be on guard, I’m here to help.’

‘I also want to see Marian again.’

‘……’

Cecilia took off her robe, raised her hands as if she were surrendering, and slowly approached and stood in the center of the magic circle.

‘You… stay back and stay there.’

‘I know. It’s a sacrifice, right? The price is these blood and Maria. ‘Your life.’

‘……’

‘But won’t it be enough?’

‘……’

‘It’s probably because my brother and those outside got in the way.’

‘…How do you know?’

‘Hehe. It just so happens… But isn’t it a good thing? If you sacrifice me, the 8th Circle Master, you will be able to achieve your goal.’

‘Why… are you doing this to me?’

‘anyway. I can’t live long either. If your purpose comes true… . Won’t there be a different ending for me too?’

‘…I’m sorry, but I can’t transfer memories. There is only one person I can remember. It’s just my brother. Even me… .’

‘Hehe. At least it’s better than now, right?’

‘…Then, let’s begin.’

Maria approached Cecilia and plunged the dagger into her heart.

‘This hurts more than I thought.’

Cecilia spoke leisurely even though she was coughing up red blood.

“Thank you.”

Maria laughed. Although he was haggard, he looked a little like he was when he was young. And without delay, he plunged the dagger into his own heart.

The blood-red magic circle began to glow strangely.

‘Marian, I’m sorry if you were living happily… I’m sorry for calling you back because of my sister’s greed… It’s okay if you don’t forgive me.’

Maria muttered something. It was so small that I couldn’t hear it. Somehow it felt like he was apologizing to me.

Cecilia died. Her miscalculation was that her body was weaker than she thought.

Maria’s breath stopped shortly afterwards.

OK.

The shining magic circle gradually weakens.

It was as if the magic had failed.

It was then.

Just like when Cecilia appeared, the space was torn apart and a woman wearing a black mask appeared.

A woman who looks like an assassin because her face is not even visible.

But somehow it looked familiar.

She looked around and took off her mask.

Silly black hair, one-sided but blue eyes like the deep sea.

It was Seria.

But it was completely different from now.

There was a large knife wound over his left eye. Even he couldn’t make me wish for her beauty. The atmosphere was so different.

She took off her gloves.

There were countless scars on the backs of his pure white hands and wrists.

That alone gave me an idea of what kind of life she must have had.

My eyes were hot.

“Sister…”

One look at the dead Cecilia and Maria and she seemed to understand what had happened.

She quickly drew a knife and cut her own wrist without delay.

As the red blood fell on the magic circle, the light that seemed to be extinguished became stronger again.

It looked like it was painful just to look at it.

Despite this, she didn’t even blink and slashed her wrist with the dagger she held backwards as if it was nothing.

Even though he was on the verge of death due to excessive bleeding, he only stumbled slightly and his expression did not change at all.

How much pain do you have to be used to…

No matter how you look at it, it looks like he’s using forbidden magic… In the original, something like that…

Neither Seria nor Cecilia appeared.

This magic wasn’t a failure either.

A magic activated at the cost of the lives of Cecilia and Maria, members of the 8th circle.

Nevertheless, it almost failed, but Seria, who seemed to be in the 7th circle, followed suit and activated.

maybe. It is a minimum 10-circle spell.

I opened my eyes.

‘what’s this?’

I don’t remember everything, but I vaguely remember it.

I felt like I was reading a novel about poverty in which families were the main characters.

As I was about to get up, I cautiously turned my head when I felt a sign of presence next to me.

‘What… am I still dreaming?’

As soon as I opened my eyes, what came into view was Cecilia next to me, looking at me with her hands clasped together and her face resting on them.

Although she is mature, her face is so fresh and pretty that you can’t even see the signs of haggardness. It’s not the Cecilia I saw in my dream, but the present.

I frowned as I looked at her face.

It was a pretty face, but it felt strange because it mixed with the dream I had just seen.

‘How much do you know?’

I have knowledge of the original work. That’s why I know more than others. That’s what I thought, but I felt like I didn’t know anything important.

“Did you sleep well?”

Heavenly voice. A voice that felt like that tickled my ears.

Was it because I was in a daze?

Blonde hair like sunshine, as if it had been made by melting the sun, poured down on me.

A narrow, small nose, long eyelashes, and a beautiful face that looks as if it was the goddess herself, not just because it was carefully created by a goddess. Soon she kissed my forehead.

“Well, what are you doing!”

Even though I woke up, I came to my senses and shouted in a fairly high-pitched soprano voice, not in a mumbling voice.

“I’m sorry. Do you feel bad… ?”

Embarrassment passed through Cecilia’s sapphire eyes.

‘Do you feel bad?’

No… not at all… rather… I was slightly happy… and excited.

“…That’s not true. Still, this is a classroom.”

Yes, this is a classroom.

Moreover, Cecilia now appears to be a man in the eyes of others.

Even if it’s just a light cheek kiss, aristocratic society is so strict that if someone sees it, there’s no way it would spread a good word.

She smiled brightly at my explanation.

“It’s okay. There is no one.”

“Okay…”

There is no problem in my opinion. This isn’t the first time I’ve had this much skinship at home, and as long as no one is watching, there’s no problem.

Is there a need to care about what someone thinks in the first place?

Most of the people who challenged me at the academy have been put down, so…

I shook my head at the next thought and stood up.

“Just now. Did you have a nightmare?”

“What?”

How did know?

Could it be more of a nightmare?

“I was sleeping while making a frown… Ah. That look was so cute too.”

I was inwardly taken aback by the natural change of topic.

‘You said it was cute…? Making an impression…? ‘What on earth did I make?’

“Are you hungrier than that? It’s almost time for dinner.”

“I’m not hungry.”

You think I’m some kind of glutton, so I’ll eat when I wake up.

“Good, actually, I’m not that hungry either. Then should I go home right away?”

I inadvertently acted like a woman complaining to her boyfriend. Despite my appearance, Cecilia skillfully escorted me.

It was when I left the main building.